Volume 2 Sea Country Cloud Sky Chapter 152 Recruitment
After the Battle of Tucheng, the forces of the Knightsburg were exhausted. Bookmark this site┏┛
Our troops were invincible all the way west with the remnants of victory, destroying several lords' estates and the land of the Eastern Roman magistrate's office along the way, and obtaining a large amount of grain, grass and soldiers.
By the time the rebel army arrived at the Knights' Castle, the Darkstone Fortress built on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea was long deserted.
After receiving the news of the annihilation of Lord Antonio's army, the officers and soldiers of the fort fled back to their homeland by sea with their soft and hasty emperors, avoiding the impending catastrophe.
The vacant castle happened to be the headquarters and money and grain warehouse of our rebel army, and the rebel soldiers who had been fighting continuously for more than half a month were also exhausted.
Taking advantage of the gap between the Roman reinforcements from Syria and Egypt in the south, the army could rest for a while in order to prepare for the future.
The army then camped on the spot and sent Pegasus outposts in four directions, south, east, and west.
After consulting with me, and the two lieutenants, Hammy and Bourne, Ronier summoned all the lieutenants overnight and held the second meeting since the uprising in the lavish general's palace left behind by Lord Antonio.
Considering the overall situation, as more and more female slaves were born in the army, my little sister Gulando, who could no longer be my follower, was elected by everyone as a female soldier captain, and became one of the princes of the original sixty heroes.
Brother Langton also left the pastures in the Golan Mountains, and joined the revolt with a dozen Semitic men and all the harvest we had made since our westward journey, including more than 10,000 gold coins and all the silk scrolls of the Glando.
The original crew of our Eastern caravan, with the exception of the tragic death of "Judas" Hesrul, is now finally reunited.
It's good to have the power of life and death in your hands! Our sixty lieutenants, the sixty bitter slaves who had been exhausted before the incident, are now shrewd, strong, and murderous, as if they had changed their skins.
The number of soldiers and horses reported by the captains was very exciting, and there were more than 6,000 people.
According to the military structure of the Roman state, we now have a complete army of men.
According to the captives, the total garrison of the Eastern Roman Empire in the entire province of Canaan was less than two legions.
In this way, we are already the largest armed force within a radius of five hundred miles, and the slave armies that have risen up in various places are still coming.
When the pole was unveiled half a month ago, who would have thought of today's situation.
It's really a spark that can start a prairie fire!
With such a strong team properly deployed, it can be the army of kings and hegemons competing for the world.
However, if you only focus on the present, have no long-term strategy, and have no way to dispatch and command, you will also become a tiger and wolf journey that will devastate the lives and plague all people, and the Satan of the world.
There are no rules, there is no square circle, and it is time to create a chapter.
"Generals! Now we are considered to be strong! Ha ha! When the king of Persia went west to conquer Babylon, the army he commanded was only 20,000 horses! Now, in less than half a month, the number of people in our department has exceeded 5,000, which is gratifying! ”
Out of nowhere, Ronier got the scepter of the chief of the Roman legion, and walked back and forth in the middle of the crowd with the oak stick inlaid with a silver cross.
"This commander has a plan, within a year we will reach the strength of sixty legions! Every brother here will be a prince on the side of the army! The provinces of Syria, Babylon, and Canaan in the Eastern Roman Empire will be the territory where we can gallop! I've got the name of the empire in mind! The brother comes from the tribe of Cezanne in Persia, and our kingdom will be called Cézanne Persia in the future! What do the generals think? ”
With that, Ronier paused and looked around expectantly.
His old subordinates, more than thirty Persian lieutenants, stood up in unison and shouted, "Long live King Cézanne!" Long live King Cézanne! ”
I was scared out of a cold sweat, this ambitious and talented Ronier, from his body I seemed to see the shadow of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu.
The other non-Persian lieutenants looked at each other, while the Canaanite lieutenants Hami and Byrne showed obvious disdain.
"It's too early! It's too early! Brother is just here to imagine our vision! Ha ha! ”
Ronier was a little self-aware, and raised his hands to suppress the blind coaxing of the Persian lieutenants.
"Now I will rearrange the structure and personnel of the entire legion, our entire combined legion is composed of two parts: the light cavalry corps and the heavy infantry corps! Divided into sixty hundred-man teams! Based on the battlefield performance and the ability to command troops during this time, our Eastern Lord is also the CEO of the Jockey Legion! Qin Chong, Liu Zhen'er, and Sha Mihan are the three lieutenants of their lieutenants! The executive officer of the Heavy Infantry Corps was Canaanite General Byrne! Hami and Salander as lieutenants of the infantry! The other brothers are the captains of the 100-man team! Gulandou continues to serve as a female soldier captain and is in charge of logistics! ”
Ronier is quite handsome in terms of understanding and arrangement, and he is completely meritocracy, not biased towards his Persian brothers.
"That's the general framework! Hehe, the following is a lecture from the Eastern Lord! ”
When Ronier finished laying out, he laughed and returned to his work, leaving the most complicated business to me, a part-time strategist.
"Huh! Generals should understand! Our current uprising is not a small fight, it is to achieve the great cause of the king, and you will be crowned a marquis in the future! According to the official system of your Western countries, if you do not die in the future, you will at least be the governor or governor of a certain province of the Persian Empire of Cezanne! What do you think? ”
If I want to say that this is morale-boosting, I am not inferior to Ronier.
The reason why we don't have the heart of merit and are willing to succumb to Ronier is because we have no foundation.
In this western land, we Orientals are out-and-out outsiders, who can only use them but cannot control the world.
People respect me, but they don't really support me.
"Good! Good! The Lord of the East is wise! My words reached everyone's hearts, and the crowd was boiling and cheering.
"Since all the brothers have the heart of merit, then I have to set some rules for everyone!"
"Article 1: From now on, indiscriminately kill innocent people, behead! Article 2: Wherever you go, you must not commit any crimes, and those who rob the people's money will be killed! ”
I set up more than 20 military regulations in one go, and the scene was as quiet as a cicada.
We've been with each other for a year, and everyone knows that I'm a person with a strong personality and temperament.
Now that the rules have been set, if there is a offender in the future, he will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.
At the beginning of the incident, these former lowly people have become chaotic Yamas, and they are killing and grabbing vigorously, and now they suddenly come to stop their horses, and everyone is a little too slow.
"Don't complain, the Lord of the East is also waiting for me! Hehe! If you want to achieve great things, how can you do it without rules! You Canaanites have the Ten Commandments of Moses, and we Persians have the Code of Hammurabi! All of these military regulations are actually familiar to everyone! ”
Seeing that the scene was a little embarrassing, and some of the generals also showed dissatisfaction, Ronier quickly got up and said.
"We have a sage in the East, saying that the righteous are more helpful, and the unrighteous are less helpful! The time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people! The people's hearts and minds are the key to achieving great things! ”
I went on to add, and I did think about the future of everyone in this room.
If the leaders of this gang are unwilling to accept the restraint and continue to work like bandits and robbers, I will lead my caravan away early tomorrow morning, so as to save this thankless mess.
"We will take to heart the teachings of the Lord of the East! May I be bound by the Lord of the East! ”
Perhaps seeing my displeasure, all the alien generals in the room bowed to me and apologized, and the twenty Catch-Ts were unanimously approved.
"Of course! There is a saying in your Bible that calls an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth! Our military regulations are not to let everyone eat fasting and chant Buddha from now on and not commit the precept of killing! Kill the people who deserve to be killed! Grab the goods that should be robbed! Just let everyone restrain their sergeants, not to disturb the people, not to hinder the trade of merchants in the local market! Hehe! Brothers, don't misunderstand what I mean, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha from now on! ”
Say, I laughed.
From the second day of stationing in the Knight's Fort, Ronier strictly followed the Persian ** system, pulling most of the people into the wilderness every day to conduct actual combat drills.
Javelin cavalry shooting, heavy armor confrontation, off-road training, individual combat and other drills are refreshing.
It's a bit like the basic skills that we martial arts practitioners practice every day, but there are still a lot of differences.
Including the coordination between infantry and cavalry, the coordination of the entire corps when the two armies are facing each other, and many other subjects.
If it weren't for the personal demonstration of Ronier, the former commander of the Persian border, it would be difficult for outsiders to understand the meaning.
In addition, a small number of jockeys were sent on a rotational basis every day, led by Qin Chong or Shamihan, and Canaanite soldiers like Salander and others were used as guides to attack the lord's manors in the surrounding areas.
Each time he returned, he would bring back a large number of liberated serfs, as well as a large amount of money, grain, cattle, horses, livestock, and linen.
In this way, unconsciously, after the army was stationed in Fort Knight for more than half a month, the morale and combat strength have been greatly improved.
In addition, a subsidiary army of 5,000 men was formed, and all the sergeants exceeded 10,000 for the first time.
Just as the recruitment was in full swing, news came back from the fast horse outpost to the south that three Roman counterinsurgency legions from the city-state of Alexandria in Egypt had crossed the Sinai Peninsula and were heading north to Jerusalem in a short time.
In addition, the spies of the northern route came back to report that the court of Constantinople was furious and sent tens of thousands of troops and horses from the sea.
Today, in the Seleucian Gulf, outside the city-state of Antioch, Roman warships sail like a forest.
Such a north-south attack has made us feel unprecedented pressure, if the report is true, our department is also in danger!
At present, they do not have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the Eastern Roman court, so they can only fight each other and find another place to live.
After a day and night of discussions, the commander-in-chief of the army made a strategic plan on the basis of the original plan to go north to feint an attack on Antioch and surprise attack on the city-state of Berroea.
Then expand westward, with the big tree of the Persian mother country on its back, and then try to achieve great things.